Work Up

Type

Normal

Category

status

Power

—

Accuracy

—

PP

30

Priority

0

Target

self

Contact

No

Spread

No

Protect blocks

Yes

Wide Guard blocks

No

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

• Incineroar
• Blaziken Mega
• Hawlucha Mega
• Greninja Ash
• Greninja Mega
• Drampa Mega
• Delphox Mega
• Heracross Mega
• Chesnaught Mega
• Gallade Mega
• Kommo O Totem
• Sceptile Mega
• Swampert Mega
• Pidgeot Mega
• Hydreigon
• Blastoise Mega
• Charizard Mega Y
• Emboar Mega
• Kommo O
• Charizard Mega X
• Kangaskhan Mega
• Snorlax
• Lucario Mega Z
• Lucario Mega
• Scrafty Mega
• Empoleon
• Venusaur Mega
• Feraligatr Mega
• Crabominable Mega
• Glaceon
• Infernape
• Leafeon
• Lopunny Mega
• Audino Mega
• Meganium Mega
• Blastoise Gmax
• Charizard Gmax
• Torterra
• Quaquaval
• Decidueye Hisui
• Venusaur Gmax
• Swampert
• Machamp Gmax
• Machamp
• Staraptor Mega
• Feraligatr
• Flareon
• Blastoise
• Pyroar Male
• Greninja Battle Bond
• Jolteon
• Typhlosion
• Vaporeon
• Charizard
• Blaziken
• Greninja
• Tauros Paldea Aqua Breed
• Heracross
• Lycanroc Dusk
• Simipour
• Tauros Paldea Blaze Breed
• Tauros Paldea Combat Breed
• Delphox
• Simisear
• Sceptile
• Kangaskhan
• Clefable Mega
• Meganium
• Primarina
• Samurott Hisui
• Talonflame
• Passimian
• Simisage
• Venusaur
• Conkeldurr
• Oranguru
• Pidgeot
• Samurott
• Typhlosion Hisui
• Chesnaught
• Snorlax Gmax
• Clefable
• Emboar
• Crabominable
• Scrafty
• Meowstic Female
• Mimikyu Totem Busted
• Sylveon
• Decidueye
• Corviknight Gmax
• Gallade
• Mimikyu Totem Disguised
• Lucario
• Mimikyu Busted
• Umbreon
• Toucannon
• Serperior
• Espeon
• Tauros
• Toxicroak
• Hawlucha
• Drampa
• Medicham Mega
• Lopunny
• Pangoro
• Mimikyu Disguised
• Corviknight
• Staraptor
• Furfrou
• Meowstic Male
• Audino
• Diggersby
• Azumarill
• Castform Snowy
• Castform Rainy
• Castform Sunny
• Watchog
• Castform
• Medicham

Work Up is a Normal-type status move. It targets the user and has 30 PP. Work Up is a Normal-type status move. It targets the user and has 30 PP.

A utility move whose value depends on the team's gameplan and the tempo it creates.

Consider Work Up when your team needs the utility it provides rather than direct damage. Status moves define speed control, redirection, protection and disruption in VGC. Its value depends on whether your team can exploit the turns it creates. Check your team composition for Pokémon that benefit from the positioning or tempo it generates.

In team building, Work Up competes with other support and disruption options for a limited number of moveslots. Ask whether your team has enough offense to justify a utility move, and whether you have the speed or bulk to use it safely. Many successful teams run one or two status moves that enable the rest of the roster, so treat it as part of your overall gameplan rather than an afterthought.

Common mistakes with Work Up include: Using it without a clear plan for the turns it creates. Forgetting that Protect and Detect can block it, wasting a key turn. Not considering how redirectors like Follow Me and Rage Powder change targeting.

Protect and Detect block this move. These interactions are situational, so test them in the team builder and matchup analyzer before committing to the moveslot.

Use the tools below to test Work Up in a full team context and compare it with alternative options.

• Protect / Detect: blocks this move.
• Wide Guard: does not block this move.
• Follow Me / Rage Powder: spread moves are not redirected.
• Quick Guard: no effect (non-priority).